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Gospel Advocate 100Th Anniversary Issue, Vol. 97, No. 28, July 14, 1955 B Abilene Christian University Digital Commons @ ACU ACU Archives Stone-Campbell Journals Stone-Campbell Archival Journals 7-14-1955 Gospel Advocate 100th Anniversary Issue, Vol. 97, No. 28, July 14, 1955 B. C. Goodpasture Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.acu.edu/sc_arc_journals Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, Comparative Methodologies and Theories Commons, Ethics in Religion Commons, History of Christianity Commons, History of Religions of Western Origin Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, Practical Theology Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Goodpasture, B. C., "Gospel Advocate 100th Anniversary Issue, Vol. 97, No. 28, July 14, 1955" (1955). ACU Archives Stone-Campbell Journals. Paper 24. http://digitalcommons.acu.edu/sc_arc_journals/24 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Stone-Campbell Archival Journals at Digital Commons @ ACU. It has been accepted for inclusion in ACU Archives Stone-Campbell Journals by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ ACU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 100th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE Published weekly at ll O Seventh Avenue, No n h, Na shville , Tenn. ESTABLISHED 1855 Entered at post office at Nashville , Tenn ., as second-class matter . VOLUME XCVII, No. 28 NASHVILLE,TENNESSEE , JULY14 , 1955 $3.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE C9neUundred Years Xgo and now The first issue of the GosPEL ADvocATE appeared in July, 1855. It has been one round century since the natal day of the "Old Reliable. " During that time, according to one authority, more than four hundre d religious papers have been started and failed , among those who have sought to "restore the ancient order of things. " But the Gos­ PEL ADVOCATEunder the same name and in the same city has weathered the storms of a hundred years . Today it is more widely circulated and read than at any previous time in its history. Today it stands on the threshold of a new century-its second century. It enters this new century with the same ideals and purposes with which it began its first century. When Tolbert Fanning and William Lipscomb wrote about the name and purpose of the GOSPELADVOCATE at the very beginning , they said: " In constructing a name for our paper, our first study was to find a style that would smack of nothing immodest or immoral; and secondly , we endeavor to select a name which would express , as nearl y as possible , the work we have in view. Hence the 'GosPEL AD­ VOCATE.' By which we mean to say , that if a God has been revealed in this universe , if there is a moral truth in heaven or on the earth , and if men have a right to speak with even the certainty of belief upon spiritual matters , .there is something in the world , but not of the world, calle d THE GOSPEL , through which the obedient are saved , and the wicked are condemned. If these are correct conclusions, we think we see peculiar fitness in em­ ploying a name for our journal which offends no good man , and expresses a labor worth y of the purest beings in existence. We claim not the right to advocate any measures of our own , neither the claims of any party; bu t we regard our position as entirely catholic. Our work is to defend the sayings and doings of Jesus Christ against the assaults of the enemy, whether covert or avowed ; and we can meet all who do in fact acknowled ge the authorit y of the New Testament on common ground. With us the gospel is everythin g, or nothing. If true , all good men will , sooner or later , unite under its ample folds; and if false , we can have the consolation of pleading for the cause which has done more for the amelioration of the condition of the world than any other. "Hence the appropriateness of the name , 'GOSPELADVOCATE.' "We doubt not our friends will properly consider the dignity and value of their la­ bor in advocating the high claims of the gospel , even in the circulation of our humble sheet. Every effort to turn the attention of the world from men , and all THEIR works, to the sacred institutions of God, must result favorably.'' GOSPEL ADVOCA TE July 14, 1955 ... Commentaries on (Jes lament 0oohs BY BIBLE TEACHERS OF UNUSUAL MERIT Matthew , by H. Leo Boles . .. .. .... ..... .. ... .... .... ... .... $3.00 Mark , by C. E. W. Dor ris ... .... .. .. ...... ..... ............... $3.00 Luke, by H. Leo Boles . .. .... .. ..... .. ..... ... .. .. .... $3.00 John , by C. E. W. Dorris ........ ...... ..... ... ..... ....... $3.00 Acts, by H. Leo Boles ...... ........ .. .... .. .. ... $3.00 Romans , by Lipscomb and Shepherd ... .... ... .... .. .. .. $3.00 First Corinthians, by Lipscomb and Sheph erd ...... ....... ..... ...... .. $3.00 Second Corinthians and Galatians, by Lipscomb and Shepherd .. ........ .. $3.00 Ephesians , Philippi ans, and Colo ssians, by Shepherd . $3.00 First Thessalonian s to Phil emon, by J. W. Shepherd . $3.00 Hebrew s, by Robert Milligan. An exacr reproduction of the origin al ... $3.00 Peter , John , and Jude , Guy N. Woods . ....... .$4.00 Revelation, by John T. Hinds . $3.00 The recognized ability of these men guarantees a safe, practical teaching and comment. No library is complete without a good Bible commentary; every teacher should have sufficient helps; every preacher should possess these splendid works. Good size type, and binding. 500 pages in Matthew. ORDER YOUR COPIES NOW. GOSPEL ADVOCATE COMPANY NASHVILLE , TENNESSEE - --------------------------------------------' July 14, 1955 GOSPELAD VOCATE 579 Early History of the Gospel Advocate tentati on. He was humble , earnest , and fearless . He was longsuff erin g toward all the weaknesses and frailties of REX TURNER humanit y. He became one of the soundest Bible scholars THEBEGINNING OF THEGOSPEL ADVOCATE the church on the North American Continent has ever had. The first issue of the GOSPELADVOCATE appeared in RESPONSIBILITYFOR THE G OSPELADVOC ATE July, 1855. This r eligious paper first appeared as a month­ WAS BORNEBY DAVIDLIPSCOl\lIB ly publication . It continu ed a;; a monthl y publication un­ The burden of the publication of th e GOSPEL ADVOCATE til the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. The Civil War in both time and mone y was borne primarily by David compelled the publishers to cease its publication . The Lipscomb during those early years. Fanning soon with­ first editors of the ADVOCATEwere Tolbert Fanning and drew from an y active participation in the effort , and the William Lioscomb. edit orial load was also borne by David Lipscomb . TOLBERTFANNING GOSPEL ADVOCATEHAD GREAT FINANCIAL PROBLEl\lIS Prior to the beginning of the GOSPELADVOCATE , Tolbert Fanning had already distinguished himself as an influ ­ The financial problems connected with the publishing ential preacher and educator . He had preached through­ of the GosPEL ADVOCATEwere very heavy . The paper was out Middle Tennessee. Further , his labors had carried printed by contract at first . There were but few sub­ him into Alabama, Kentucky, and parts east. Fanning scrib ers to the paper. The money received from sub­ had graduated from the Universit y of Nashville in 1835. scriptions and advertising was not sufficient to cover the In 1844 he had founded Franklin College. He was serving publication cost. David Lipscomb bore the deficit out of as president of that institution when he began publish­ his own money. ing the GOSPELADVOCATE. Fanning was at that time forty ­ The financial burden became so heavy that Lipscomb five years of age. ceased the publication of the GosPEL ADVOCATEon Novem­ ber 7, 1867, but he was able to resume its publication the WILLIAl\lILIPSCOl\lIB following year. The paper was self -sustaining by October William Lipscomb was only twenty -six years of age of that year . when he assisted Fanning in launching the GosPEL ADVO­ CATE. He was an older brother of David Lipscomb. In GOSPELADVOCATE HAD FEW SUBSCRIBERS 1846 William Lipscomb had entered Franklin College . The GOSPELADVOCATE had only a few subscribers for Two ye ars later he was graduated with honors. Pre sident some three decades. In 1880 the GosPEL ADVOCATEhad Fannin g had been much impressed with William Lips­ about 3,200 subscribers . By 1885 its circulation had grown comb's abilit y and invit ed him to join the facul ty as a to about 6,500 subscribe r s. An interestin g obser vation is teacher of Greek and Latin . Lipscomb soon distin guished the fact that the number of subscriptions to the GOSPEL himself as an outstandin g teacher at Franklin College. ADVOCATEraised in one night at Lipscomb Lectures in Januar y of 1955 exceeded the total list of subscribers to PURPOSEOF THE GOSPELADVOCATE that paper in 1885. The GosPEL ADVOCATEwas dedicated to the advocation The GosPEL ADVOCATE's subscription list had grown of the gospel , "the maintenance of the doctrine of salva­ considerably by 1890. The paper had been equipped with tion throu gh the gospel of th e grace of God. " Its columns electric presses , and by this time it had become a sub ­ were to be open "to a free discussion of all questions cal ­ stantial publishin g firm. Its future seemed to be reason ­ culated to advance the spir itual interest of society." ably well assured . OPPOSITIONOF THEGOSPEL ADVOCATE E. G. SEWELLBECAl\lIE CO-EDITOR OF THE TO THE l\lIISSIONARY SOCIETY GOSPELADVOCATE The Missionar y Societ y was organized in 1849. Much In J anuary of 1870 E. G. Sewell became co-editor of dissension had arisen throughout the brotherhood over it. the GosPEL ADVOCATE.E . G. Sewell was at that time forty Tolbert Fanning gave much thought and stud y to the · years of age. He had attended Franklin College and had question of the Missionar y Societ y.
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